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UN deputy humanitarian chief Catherine Bragg wrapped up her five-day visit to southern Africa today with a call for regional Governments and humanitarian organizations to work together to break the cycle of food shortages and poverty in the region.
Food insecurity continues to be a chronic problem in southern Africa,...

The United Nations (UN) Emergency Relief Coordinator, Valerie Amos, has allocated US$14 million from the Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) to life-saving humanitarian projects in Darfur, western Sudan. This money will get vital aid to people who are enduring one of the worst humanitarian crises in the world. ...

Twenty-two-year-old Alice Furaha was five months’ pregnant when she fled her home in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo in May. This year, fighting between the Government and rebel groups has forced hundreds of thousands of Congolese to flee to neighbouring countries.
When Alice arrived at the border in...

United Nations agencies and humanitarian partners launched an appeal today (28 September) for US$38.9 million to respond to the food security crisis affecting some 725,000 people in Lesotho.
“The humanitarian situation in Lesotho is bad,” said the country’s Prime Minister, Thomas Motsoahae Thabane....

More than 40 per cent of people in Niger face food insecurity and over 50 per cent of children under age 5 suffer from chronic malnutrition. Conflict in northern Mali has led to tens of thousands of refugees fleeing to Niger, compounding the food and nutrition crisis.
Since July, heavy rains and flooding across the...